Pin Thugs

Two guys in leather jackets trying to keep pinball alive in upstate
NY

It all started in November 1997, when two guys headed from Saratoga over
to Bennington Vermont to look at a few older machines for sale. We both
happened to be wearing black leather jackets that afternoon, so we started
calling ourselves the Pin Thugs. After getting a few machines to play with
at home, we had to find a place for other people to play them - and the
local YMCA was in need of a better deal for their game room. We buy older
beat machines, fix them up so they're playable, and put them in the
gameroom at 25 cents a play.